Parallels Management Console

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1 Parallels Management Console Getting Started Guide Copyright Parallels Holdings, Ltd. and its affiliates. All rights reserved.

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3 Contents Introduction... 5 About Parallels Management Console... 6 About This Guide... 8 Organization of This Guide...8 Documentation Conventions...9 Getting Help Feedback Setting Up Parallels Management Console Checking System Requirements Obtaining Parallels Management Console Installing Parallels Management Console Exploring Parallels Management Console Interface Connecting to a Server Uninstalling Parallels Management Console Performing Main Operations in Parallels Management Console Creating a Virtual Machine Creating a Virtual Machine Configuration Installing a Guest Operating System Installing Parallels Tools Configuring a Virtual Machine Managing Virtual Machines Starting and Stopping a Virtual Machine Pausing and Suspending a Virtual Machine Switching View Modes Cloning a Virtual Machine Deleting a Virtual Machine Managing Virtual Machine Templates Creating Templates Deploying Templates... 45

4 Contents Index... 46

5 C HAPTER 1 Introduction This guide provides information on how to start working in Parallels Management Console a client application used to manage Parallels physical servers and virtual machines. In This Chapter About Parallels Management Console... 6 About This Guide... 8 Getting Help Feedback... 10

6 Introduction About Parallels Management Console Parallels Management Console is a remote tool with a graphical user interface (GUI) for managing Parallels physical servers and virtual machines residing on them. This tool supports managing physical servers running the following Parallels products: Parallels Server for Mac Parallels Server Bare Metal Parallels Server for Mac Bare Metal Edition Parallels Management Console uses a typical client-server architecture. 6

7 Introduction The client application with the graphical user interface is installed on a computer running one of the supported Linux, Mac, or Windows operating systems. For the full list of supported operating systems, see the Checking System Requirements subsection of the Getting Started With Parallels Management Console guide. Once the client application is up and running, it can connect to the Parallels Service software on a physical server. This software is automatically installed on the physical server when you install one of the aforementioned Parallels products. The client application can control multiple physical servers simultaneously (e.g. Physical Server #1 and Physical Server #2 as shown in the picture above). After the connection to the required physical server has been established, you can start managing this server and its virtual machines using the intuitive and comfortable GUI. Parallels Management Console Specifics When working with Parallels Management Console, pay attention to the following: This guide uses the term Parallels Server Bare Metal to refer to both products: Parallels Server Bare Metal and Parallels Server for Mac Bare Metal Edition. Some features described in this guide are specific for particular products and product versions (for example, only for Parallels Server Bare Metal 5.0) and may be not available in your product. If a feature is available for a specific product only, we add a note to the place where this feature is described. You can install the version of Parallels Management Console shipped with Parallels Server Bare Metal 5.0 only on computers running Linux and Windows operating systems. Installation on Mac computers is not supported. Some steps, option names, paths are different on Linux, Mac, and Windows computers. In this case, these differences are marked with the following icons: for Windows specifics for Linux specifics for Mac specifics 7

8 Introduction About This Guide The Getting Started With Parallels Management Console guide provides information on installing and setting to work the Parallels Management Console application on your computer. The guide is aimed at anyone planning to use Parallels Management Console for managing Parallels physical servers and virtual machines. To follow the instructions in this guide, no more than basic Linux, Mac, or Windows administration skills are required. Definitions Parallels physical server or host computer: A physical server running Parallels Server for Mac, Parallels Server Bare Metal, or Parallels Server for Mac Bare Metal Edition. Client computer: A remote Windows, Linux, or Mac physical computer running Parallels Management Console. Virtual Machine. A virtualized PC environment in which an operating system can be installed and run just like in a physical computer. Guest operating system or guest OS. An operating system installed in a virtual machine. Organization of This Guide This guide is organized in the following way: Chapter 1, Introduction, gives an overview of Parallels Management Console and this guide. Chapter 2, Setting Up Parallels Management Console, describes the requirements your computer must meet to successfully install Parallels Management Console on it. It also provides instructions on how to install this application and start working in it. Chapter 3, Performing Main Operations in Parallels Management Console, familiarizes you with the way to perform the main operations on your virtual machines using Parallels Management Console. 8

9 Introduction Documentation Conventions Before you start using this guide, it is important to understand the documentation conventions used in it. The table below presents the existing formatting conventions. Formatting convention Type of Information Example Special Bold Items you must select, such as menu options, command buttons, or items in a list. Go to the Resources tab. Italics Monospace Preformatted Monospace Bold Key+Key Titles of chapters, sections, and subsections. Used to emphasize the importance of a point, to introduce a term or to designate a command-line placeholder, which is to be replaced with a real name or value. The names of commands, files, and directories. On-screen computer output in your command-line sessions; source code in XML, C++, or other programming languages. What you type, as contrasted with on-screen computer output. Key combinations for which the user must press and hold down one key and then press another. Read the Basic Administration chapter. These are the so-called EZ templates. To destroy a Container, type vzctl destroy ctid. Use vzctl start to start a Container. Saved parameters for Container 101 # rpm V virtuozzo-release Ctrl+P, Alt+F4 Besides the formatting conventions, you should also know about the document organization convention applied to Parallels documents: chapters in all guides are divided into sections, which, in their turn, are subdivided into subsections. For example, About This Guide is a section, and Documentation Conventions is a subsection. 9

10 Introduction Getting Help In addition to this guide, you can refer to the following resources to get more information on Parallels Management Console: Parallels Management Console User's Guide. This guide contains extensive information on configuring Parallels Management Console settings and using this application to manage Parallels physical servers and virtual machines hosted on them. To open the guide, choose Parallels Management Console Help from the Parallels Management Console Help menu. Context-sensitive help. When working in Parallels Management Console, you can open a help page for the currently active window by pressing F1 on your keyboard. Online documentation. All documentation for Parallels Management Console and other Parallels products, such as Parallels Server Bare Metal and Parallels Server for Mac, is also available online at the Parallels website. Parallels website ( Visit the Parallels support web page containing product help files and the FAQ section. Parallels Knowledge Base ( This online resource comprises various articles about using Parallels Management Console and other Parallels products. Feedback If you spot a typo in this guide, or if you have an opinion about how to make this guide more helpful, you can share your comments and suggestions with us by completing the Documentation Feedback form on our website ( 10

11 C HAPTER 2 Setting Up Parallels Management Console This chapter describes the requirements your computer must meet to successfully install Parallels Management Console on it. It also provides instructions on how to install this application and start working in it. In This Chapter Checking System Requirements Obtaining Parallels Management Console Installing Parallels Management Console Exploring Parallels Management Console Interface Connecting to a Server Uninstalling Parallels Management Console... 24

12 Setting Up Parallels Management Console Checking System Requirements Parallels Management Console can be installed on any computer that meets the following requirements: Hardware Configuration Intel-powered Mac with Core Duo or Core Solo processor or a PC with 700+ MHz Intelcompatible x86 or x64 processor 1 GB of RAM 100 MB of hard disk space for Parallels Management Console installation files Ethernet or WiFi network adapter Compatible Operating Systems Ubuntu Server (x86, x64) Windows 7 with and without Service Pack 1 (x86, x64) Ubuntu Server 10.4 (x86, x64) Windows Server 2003 R2 (x86, x64) Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (x86, x64) Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.5 and 5.6 (x86, x64) Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.8 (x86, x64) Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition with Service Pack 2 (x86, x64) Windows Server 2008 R2 with Service Pack 1 (x64) Windows XP with Service Pack 3 (x86, x64) CentOS 4.8 (x86, x64) Windows Vista with Service Pack 2 (x86, x64) CentOS 5.5 and 5.6 (x86, x64) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 with Service Pack 1 (x86, x64) SUSE 11 with Service Pack 1 (x86, x64) Mac OS X v10.5 Leopard or Server Leopard Mac OS X v10.6 Snow Leopard or Server Snow Leopard Mac OS X v10.7 Lion Server Note: The version of Parallels Management Console shipped with Parallels Server Bare Metal 5.0 can be installed only on computers running Linux and Windows operating systems. 12

13 Setting Up Parallels Management Console Obtaining Parallels Management Console If you installed Parallels Server Bare Metal on your physical server, the easiest way to obtain Parallels Management Console is to follow the steps below: 1 Ensure that the Parallels server (that is, the server running Parallels Server Bare Metal) can be accessed over the network. 2 On a computer connected to the network, open your favorite browser, and type the IP address or hostname of the Parallels physical server. 3 Click the link corresponding to your system architecture: For Windows. Click this link to download the Parallels Management Console installation file for installing on Windows computers. For Linux. Click this link to download the Parallels Management Console installation file for installing on Linux computers. For Mac. Click this link to download the Parallels Management Console installation file for installing on Mac computers. Note: The version of Parallels Management Console shipped with Parallels Server Bare Metal 5.0 can be installed only on computers running Linux and Windows operating systems. 13

14 Setting Up Parallels Management Console 4 Download the file. 5 If you plan to install Parallels Management Console on another computer, transfer the file to that computer. You can also download Parallels Management Console from the Parallels official website for free, go to and click one of the following Parallels products: Parallels Server for Mac or Parallels Server Bare Metal. The Parallels Management Console download links will be available in the Additional Downloads section of the displayed window. 14

15 Setting Up Parallels Management Console Installing Parallels Management Console The process of installing Parallels Management Console differs depending on the operating system installed on your computer. Installing on Windows Computers To install Parallels Management Console on a computer running a Windows operating system: 1 Locate the Parallels Management Console installation file, and double-click it to launch the Parallels Management Console Setup wizard. 2 In the Welcome window, click Next. 3 In the License Agreement window, carefully read the end user license agreement for Parallels products. To agree with the terms of the license agreement, select I accept the terms in the license agreement, and click Next. If you want to print the text of the license agreement for your records, click Print. Note: You must accept the license agreement to proceed with the installation. 4 In the Destination Folder window, specify the folder where you want to install Parallels Management Console, and click Next. By default, Parallels Management Console is installed to C:\Program Files\Parallels\Parallels Management Console. 15

16 Setting Up Parallels Management Console 5 In the Ready to Install the Program window, click Install to start installing Parallels Management Console. You can view the installation progress in the Installing Parallels Management Console window. 6 Once the installation is complete, click Finish to exit the wizard. Installing on Linux Computers To install Parallels Management Console on a computer running a Linux operating system: 1 Locate the installation package, and execute the parallels-management-console- 5.0.XXXX.XXXXX.run file to launch the Parallels Management Console installer. You can also open a terminal and run this file in the terminal. 2 Confirm your decision to install Parallels Management Console by clicking Run when prompted. Wait until the process of uncompressing Parallels Management Console is complete and the installer launches. 3 In the Welcome window, select Next. 16

17 Setting Up Parallels Management Console 4 In the License Agreement window, carefully read the end user license agreement. To agree with the terms of the license agreement, select I accept the terms in the license agreement, and click Next. To print the text of the license agreement for your records, click Print. Note: You must accept the license agreement to proceed with the installation. 5 In the Installation Completed window, click Exit to quit the Installer. By default, Parallels Management Console is installed into /usr/lib/parallelsmanagement-console. To launch Parallels Management Console, start a terminal, and execute pmc-standalone. Installing on Mac Computers To install Parallels Management Console on a computer running a Mac OS X operating system: Note: The version of Parallels Management Console shipped with Parallels Server Bare Metal 5.0 can be installed only on computers running Linux and Windows operating systems. 1 Open the DMG package containing Parallels Management Console, and double-click Install. 2 In the Welcome window, click Continue. 17

18 Setting Up Parallels Management Console 3 In the Important Information window, read the product Read Me file. Click Print to print the document or Save to save it for future reading. When finished, click Continue. 4 In the Software License Agreement window, carefully read the license agreement. You can use the Print button to print the license agreement text or click the Save button to save it on your computer. When you are ready, click Continue. 5 In the pop-up dialog, click Agree to agree with the terms and conditions of the license agreement. Note: You must accept the license agreement to proceed with the installation. 6 In the Select a Destination window, select the hard disk where to install Parallels Management Console. 7 Click Install to start the Parallels Management Console installation. 8 Enter your password, when prompted, and click OK. The installation progress is displayed in the Installing Parallels Management Console window. 9 Once the installation is complete, click Close to exit the installer. After the installation, you can launch Parallels Management Console from the Applications folder on your Mac. 18

19 Setting Up Parallels Management Console Exploring Parallels Management Console Interface Parallels Management Console main window displays general information about the registered Parallels servers and their virtual machines. The main window consists of the following parts: the toolbar, the sidebar, the summary pane, and the status bar. 19

20 Setting Up Parallels Management Console Toolbar Parallels Management Console toolbar has buttons for most frequently used commands: Shut Down button. Use this button to turn off the virtual machine. Suspend button. Use this button to put your virtual machine into sleep mode. For example, if you need to restart the Parallels server, you can temporarily suspend your virtual machines and easily resume them after the restart. Pause button. Use this button to pause the virtual machine. Use this button when you need to instantly release the server resources used by this virtual machine to another virtual machine. Note: If you stop a paused virtual machine, you will not be able to continue working with it from the moment it was paused. To be able to stop the virtual machine and to save all the data in it, you should suspend it using the Suspend button. Start button. Use this button to start the virtual machine if it is stopped, paused, or suspended. Detach Console (Attach Console) button. Use this button to detach the virtual machine console to a new window or to attach it back to the main window. You may use this button to view the currently running virtual machines in separate windows. Server level button. Use this button to quickly switch from the virtual machine summary pane to the summary pane of the server this virtual machine belongs to. You can easily add additional buttons to the toolbar: 1 Right-click the toolbar, and choose Customize Toolbar. 2 Drag the items you need to the toolbar. 3 Click Done. Sidebar The sidebar displays the registered Parallels physical servers and all virtual machines, and virtual machines templates hosted on them. Summary Pane The summary pane displays the basic information about the server or the virtual machine currently selected in the sidebar. 20

21 Setting Up Parallels Management Console When a server is selected, the summary pane has three tabs: Summary. Click this tab to view the general settings of the selected server, the list of virtual machines hosted on it, and the operations you can perform on the server. Performance. Click this tab to view the current resources consumptions on the server. Backup. Click this tab to view and manage the backups stored on the server. When a virtual machine is selected, the summary pane has three tabs: Summary. Click this tab to view the general settings of the selected virtual machine, its configuration, and the list of actions you can perform on this virtual machine. Console. Click this tab to view the display of the virtual machine that is currently running. This tab is available only when the virtual machine is running. Performance. Click this tab to view how much of the server resources the selected virtual machine is using. Backup. Click this tab the view and manage the backups of the selected virtual machine. Status Bar The status bar becomes active, when you start a virtual machine. It displays the virtual machine devices icons when you click the Console tab or switch the virtual machine console to detached mode. You can easily connect or disconnect the devices using the icons on this bar: right-click the device icon and choose the necessary option from the shortcut menu. 21

22 Setting Up Parallels Management Console Connecting to a Server Now that you have installed Parallels Management Console, you can connect to the physical server where Parallels Server Bare Metal is installed. Do the following: 1 Launch Parallels Management Console: On Windows, click Start > All Programs > Parallels > Parallels Management Console > Parallels Management Console. On Linux, start a terminal and execute pmc-standalone. On Mac OS X, open the /Applications/Parallels folder and launch the Parallels Management Console application. 2 In the Parallels Management Console main window, click Connect to Parallels Server. 3 In the Parallels Server Login dialog, specify the parameters to be used to log in to the physical server running Parallels Server Bare Metal: In the Server list, type the IP address or hostname of the physical server. In the User Name field, type root. You must use the root account to log in to the physical server. In the Password field, type the password for the root user. Use the password you specified when installing Parallels Server Bare Metal on the physical server. If you want Parallels Management Console to remember your login and password, select the Save Password option. With this option selected, you do not need to specify the root credentials each time you connect to the server. 22

23 Setting Up Parallels Management Console 4 Click Add Server to establish connection to the physical server. After the server has been successfully registered in Parallels Management Console, it appears in the left menu of the Parallels Management Console main window. For further information on using Parallels Management Console to manage Parallels Server Bare Metal and virtual machines, refer to the Parallels Management Console User's Guide. 23

24 Setting Up Parallels Management Console Uninstalling Parallels Management Console Use the instructions below to remove Parallels Management Console from your computer. From Windows computers Parallels Management Console can be removed from a Windows computer like any other Windows application: 1 From the Start menu, choose Control Panel, and then double-click Add or Remove Programs. 2 Select Parallels Management Console, and click Remove. From Linux computers Parallels Management Console can be removed from a Linux computer like any other Linux application: 1 Locate the Parallels Management Console installation package and execute the parallelsmanagement-console-5.0.xxxx.xxxxx.run file to run the Parallels Management Console installation program. 2 In the Welcome window, press Enter. 3 Select Remove and press Enter. When Parallels Management Console is successfully uninstalled, press Enter to close the Parallels Management Console uninstaller. From Mac computers Parallels Management Console can be removed from a Mac computer like any other Mac application: 1 Locate the Parallels Management Console icon. 2 Right-lick the icon and choose Move to Trash. 24

25 C HAPTER 3 Performing Main Operations in Parallels Management Console This chapter outlines the main day-to-day operations that you are likely to perform with Parallels virtual machines in Parallels Management Console. In This Chapter Creating a Virtual Machine Configuring a Virtual Machine Managing Virtual Machines Managing Virtual Machine Templates Creating a Virtual Machine Before you can start managing a virtual machine, you first need to create it. The process of creating a ready-to-use virtual machine includes these steps: 1 Creating a virtual machine configuration. In this step, you choose and configure the virtual hardware for the virtual machine (disk drives, CD/DVD-ROMs, network cards, and so on). For more information, see Creating a Virtual Machine Configuration (p. 26). 2 Installing a guest operating system. In this step, you choose and install the operating system (called the guest operating system or the guest OS) in the virtual machine: To check the list of supported guest operating systems available for Parallels Server for Mac, see the Parallels Server for Mac User's Guide. To check the list of supported guest operating systems available for Parallels Server Bare Metal, see the Parallels Server Bare Metal User's Guide. To check the list of supported guest operating systems available for Parallels Server for Mac Bare Metal Edition, see the Parallels Server for Mac Bare Metal Edition User's Guide. For more information, see Installing a Guest Operating System (p. 29). 3 Installing Parallels Tools. You are also recommended to install Parallels Tools in your virtual machine. This will make your work with the virtual machine more comfortable. For more information on Parallels Tools, see Installing Parallels Tools (p. 30). The following subsections describe these steps in detail.

26 Performing Main Operations in Parallels Management Console Creating a Virtual Machine Configuration Parallels Management Console allows you to create a virtual machine using one of the following modes: Express. In this mode, Parallels Management Console does the following: a Creates a virtual machine with the configuration typical for the guest operating system you choose for installing in this virtual machine. b Installs the guest OS in the newly created virtual machine. Using this mode, you can create virtual machines running Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Ubuntu, Fedora, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Typical. In this mode, Parallels Management Console creates a virtual machine with the configuration typical for the operating system you choose for installing in this virtual machine. Unlike in the Express mode, the guest OS is not automatically installed in the newly created virtual machine. Custom. In this mode, you manually control the whole process of creating the virtual machine: 1. First, you specify the parameters for creating the virtual machine configuration. 2. Second, you install the appropriate guest operating system in the virtual machine. 26

27 Performing Main Operations in Parallels Management Console The example below demonstrates how to create a virtual machine using the Typical mode in Parallels Management Console that is installed on a Windows computer. For information on creating virtual machines using the Express and Custom modes, see the Parallels Management Console User's Guide. To create a virtual machine in the Typical mode, do the following: 1 Launch Parallels Management Console, and connect to the Parallels server where you want to create the virtual machine. 2 If you have more than one physical server registered in Parallels Management Console, select the server where you want to host the new virtual machine. 3 Start the New Virtual Machine wizard by choosing New Virtual Machine from the File menu. 4 In the Select Operating System Type and Version window, choose the operating system you want to install in the virtual machine, and click Next. If you cannot find the necessary operating system in the list, select Other. 5 In the Virtual Machine Type window, select Typical, and click Next. 6 In the Name and Location window, type an arbitrary name for the virtual machine and specify the folder for storing its files. By default, all virtual machine files are placed to the following folders: On Mac computers: /Users/Shared/Parallels/<Virtual_Machine_Name>/. On servers running Parallels Server Bare Metal: /var/parallels. When you are ready, click Next. 7 Once the virtual machine configuration is created, the Install Operating System window appears. 27

28 Performing Main Operations in Parallels Management Console In this window, do the following: Start installing the guest operating system in the newly created virtual machine: a Select the installation source in the Placement list. Choose Physical Server if your source installation files are located on the remote Parallels server; otherwise, choose Client Computer. b Specify the path to the source installation files. In the Source list, select a disc in the Physical CD/DVD-ROM Drive section if the operating system you plan to install is located on the disc inserted into the computer's CD/DVD drive. Click Choose an image file, and specify the path to a disc image if the operating system is located on a disc image. c Click Start to start the newly created virtual machine, and launch the guest operating system installation. Quit the wizard without installing the guest operating system in the newly created virtual machine. To do this, click Done. 28

29 Performing Main Operations in Parallels Management Console Installing a Guest Operating System Before you can start using the newly created virtual machine, you need to install a guest operating system in it (unless you are creating the virtual machine in the Express mode where the guest operating system is installed automatically without your interaction). The guest operating system installation starts automatically if you do the following: Specify the path to the source installation files in the Prepare to Install Operating System window of the New Virtual Machine wizard, and click Start. Choose Configure from the Virtual Machine menu to open the Virtual Machine Configuration dialog. In this dialog, click the Hardware tab, select CD/DVD 1 in the left pane, choose the installation source in the Source list, and click OK. After that, start the virtual machine. Note: You can install a guest operating system only from the CD/DVD-ROM 1 drive. You can also install a guest operating system using a PXE server. 1 Make sure that the virtual machine is connected to the same network to which the PXE server belongs. 2 Click the name of the virtual machine in the left pane of Parallels Management Console. 3 Click Configure to open the Virtual Machine Configuration dialog. 4 On the Hardware tab, click Boot Order. 5 Select the check box next to the Network field, and move the Network Adapter item to the top of the boot sequence, and then click OK. Note: The virtual machine will use the network adapter specified as Network Adapter 1 in this virtual machine configuration. 6 Start the virtual machine. Once the installation program is launched, follow the on-screen instructions to install your guest operating system in the virtual machine. This procedure does not differ from installing Windows, Linux, or Mac on a standalone computer. 29

30 Performing Main Operations in Parallels Management Console Installing Parallels Tools Parallels Tools are a suite of special utilities that facilitate working with virtual machines. With Parallels Tools, you can move the mouse seamlessly outside the guest OS window without pressing special key combinations, change the virtual machine's screen resolution by simply resizing its window, and synchronize your virtual machine's time and date settings with the time settings of the Parallels physical server. The process of installing Parallels Tools differs depending on the guest operating system installed in your virtual machine. The subsections below describe the mains steps for installing Parallels Tools in virtual machines running Windows, Linux, and Mac. For more information on Parallels Tools, see the Parallels Management Console User's Guide. 30

31 Performing Main Operations in Parallels Management Console Installing Parallels Tools in Windows To install Parallels Tools in a Windows guest operating system, do the following: Note: If you create a virtual machine using the Express Windows mode, Parallels Tools are installed automatically after the Windows guest OS installation. 1 Start the virtual machine, and log in to the guest OS. 2 Choose the Install Parallels Tools option from the Virtual Machine menu. This will connect the Parallels Tools ISO image (prl-tools-win.iso) to the virtual machine's CD/DVD-ROM drive and start the Parallels Tools installer. Note: If the Install Parallels Tools option is grayed out, make sure that Parallels Tools are supported by your guest operating system. For the full list of guest OSs that support Parallels Tools, refer to the Parallels Management Console User's Guide. 3 In the Welcome window, click Install to install Parallels Tools. The installation also starts automatically after several seconds even if you do not click the Install button. 4 When the installation is complete, click Reboot to exit the wizard and restart the virtual machine. If you do not click Reboot, the guest operating system will be rebooted automatically within a few seconds. Troubleshooting If the installation of Parallels Tools does not start automatically after performing the steps above, start it manually. To do this: 1 Right-click the CD/DVD-ROM drive icon in the status bar (p. 19) of the virtual machine window and select Configure. The CD/DVD pane of the Virtual Machine Configuration dialog appears. 2 In the Source menu, select Choose an image file. 3 In the displayed window, specify the Parallels Tools ISO image file location (by default, it is located in /Library/Parallels/Tools on your Mac or in /usr/share/parallelsserver/tools on the server running Parallels Server Bare Metal or Parallels Server for Mac Bare Metal Edition) and click Open. 4 Make sure the Connected option is selected and click OK. 5 In the guest operating system, open My Computer. 6 Open the CD/DVD-ROM drive with the Parallels Tools ISO image connected. 7 Locate the setup.exe file, and double-click it. The Welcome window will open. 8 Click Install to install Parallels Tools. 9 When the installation is complete, click Restart to exit the wizard and restart the virtual machine. 31

32 Performing Main Operations in Parallels Management Console Installing Parallels Tools in Linux Before installing Parallels Tools in a Linux guest operating system, do the following: Close all applications in the guest OS. Disable the 3D-accelerated window manager, if you use any. Make sure that you have the gcc package and the appropriate kernel-sources package installed. If these packages are not installed, you will see a warning message when installing Parallels Tools. The name of the kernel-sources package differs depending on the Linux guest OS. It can be called kernel-devel, kernel-headers, or something like this. Installing Parallels Tools in Modern Linux Distributions If your virtual machine is running one of the most recent versions of Linux OSs (e.g.fedora 11), the Parallels Tools ISO image (prl-tools-lin.iso) will be automatically mounted after you connect the image to the CD/DVD-ROM drive. To install Parallels Tools, do the following: 1 Start the virtual machine and log in to the guest OS. 2 Choose Install Parallels Tools from the Virtual Machine menu. This will connect and mount the prl-tools-lin.iso image file to the virtual machine's CD/DVD-ROM drive. 32 Note: If the Install Parallels Tools option is grayed out, make sure that Parallels Tools are supported by your guest operating system. For the full list of guest OSs which support Parallels Tools, refer to the Parallels Management Console User's Guide. 3 Start a terminal, and run the following command to gain the root privileges: su Note: To install Parallels Tools in a virtual machine, you must have the root privileges. 4 Go to the CD/DVD-ROM directory: cd /media/cdrom/ Note: In some Linux operating systems, the mount point for the virtual CD/DVD-ROM drive may appear as /media/parallels Tools. 5 In the CD/DVD-ROM directory, execute the following command to launch Parallels Tools installation:./install 6 Follow the instructions on the screen to complete the installation. 7 When the installation of Parallels Tools is complete, restart the virtual machine. Installing Parallels Tools in other versions of Linux guest OSs To install Parallels Tools in older versions of Linux OSs, you have to mount the prl-toolslin.iso image file manually: 1 Start the virtual machine.

33 Performing Main Operations in Parallels Management Console 2 When the guest OS boots up, click the Virtual Machine menu, and choose Install Parallels Tools. Note: If the Install Parallels Tools option is grayed out, make sure that Parallels Tools are supported by your guest operating system. For the full list of guest OSs which support Parallels Tools, refer to the Parallels Management Console User's Guide. The prl-tools-lin.iso image file will be connected to the virtual machine's CD/DVD-ROM drive. 3 Start a terminal in your Linux guest OS. Type the following command to gain the root privileges: su Note: To install Parallels Tools in a virtual machine, you must have the root privileges. 4 Ensure that the Parallels Tools CD image is mounted by running the following command: mount grep iso9660 If this command does not produce any output, proceed to Step 5. If this command returns something like /dev/cdrom on /media/cdrom type iso9660 (ro,exec,nosuid,nodev,uid=0), skip Step 5, and proceed to Step 6. If this command returns something like /dev/cdrom on /media/cdrom type iso9660 (ro,noexec,nosuid,nodev,uid=0) with the noexec option present in parentheses, unmount the disc using the following command, and then proceed to Step 5: umount /dev/cdrom 5 To mount the Parallels Tools installation disc image, run this command: mount -o exec /dev/cdrom /media/cdrom Note: /dev/cdrom is the virtual machine's CD/DVD-ROM drive and /media/cdrom is the mount point for this device. In some Linux operating systems, the virtual CD/DVD-ROM drive may appear as /dev/hdb and the mount point may be /mnt/cdrom. Some Linux OSs do not have the CD/DVD- ROM mount point. In this case, you should create a mount point manually. 6 When the installation disc image is mounted, go to the CD/DVD-ROM directory: cd /media/cdrom/ 7 Execute the following command to launch the Parallels Tools installation:./install 8 Follow the instructions on the screen to complete the installation. 9 When the installation of Parallels Tools is complete, restart the virtual machine. 33

34 Performing Main Operations in Parallels Management Console Installing Parallels Tools in Mac OS X To install Parallels Tools in a Mac guest OS X, do the following: 1 Start the virtual machine, and log in to the guest OS. 2 Choose the Install Parallels Tools option from the Virtual Machine menu. This will connect and mount the Parallels Tools ISO image file (prl-tools-mac.iso) to the first CD/DVD-ROM in the virtual machine configuration. Note: If the Install Parallels Tools option is grayed out, make sure that Parallels Tools are supported by your guest operating system. For the full list of guest OSs that support Parallels Tools, refer to the Parallels Management Console User's Guide. 3 In the displayed window, read the brief information about Parallels Tools, and click Continue. 4 Open the mounted image, and double-click Install to start the installation. 5 When prompted, enter your administrator credentials. 6 In the Welcome window, click Continue. 7 In the Select a Destination window, specify the location for storing Parallels Tools files, and click Continue. Note: If you have only one volume on your Mac, this step is omitted. 8 In the Standard Install on "Macintosh HD" window, click Install (when prompted, type your password). 9 Once the installation is complete, click Restart to exit the installer and restart the virtual machine. Troubleshooting If the Parallels Tools ISO image file was not automatically connected to the virtual machine's CD/DVD-ROM drive, you can connect it manually: 1 Right-click the CD/DVD-ROM drive icon in the status bar (p. 19) of the virtual machine window, and select Configure. The CD/DVD pane of the Virtual Machine Configuration dialog opens. 2 In the Source menu, select Choose an image file. 3 In the displayed window, specify the Parallels Tools ISO image file location (by default, it is located in /Library/Parallels/Tools on your Mac or in /usr/share/parallelsserver/tools on the server running Parallels Server Bare Metal or Parallels Server for Mac Bare Metal Edition) and click Open. 4 Make sure the Connected option is selected and click OK. 5 Go to Step 4 of the installation procedure described above and repeat the procedure. 34

35 Performing Main Operations in Parallels Management Console Configuring a Virtual Machine To edit the settings of a virtual machine and the devices it uses, you can use the Virtual Machine Configuration dialog. To open this dialog, do one of the following, choose Configure from the Virtual Machine menu. The Virtual Machine Configuration dialog contains three tabs: General. This tab allows you to configure the basic virtual machines settings: the virtual machine name, the number of processors to be available to the virtual machine, and the amount of memory that the virtual machine can use. You can also type any additional information about the virtual machine in the Notes text box. Options. This tab allows you to configure various settings related to the virtual machine operation. For example, you can adjust the virtual machine startup and shutdown settings, edit the Parallels Tools parameters, or configure access rights to the virtual machine. Hardware. This tab allows you to configure the current settings of the devices existing in the virtual machine: video cards, floppy disk and CD/DVD-ROM drives, hard disk drives, network adapters, and so on. You can also add new devices to the virtual machine and delete existing ones. For detailed information on configuring the settings of a virtual machine, see the Parallels Management Console User's Guide. 35

36 Performing Main Operations in Parallels Management Console Managing Virtual Machines This section provides information on the basic day-to-day operations you are likely to perform on your virtual machines: starting and stopping a virtual machine (p. 36) pausing and suspending a virtual machine (p. 37) switching view modes (p. 38) cloning a virtual machine (p. 40) adding an existing virtual machine to Parallels Management Console deleting a virtual machine (p. 42) Starting and Stopping a Virtual Machine To start a virtual machine, do one of the following: Click the Start button in the toolbar (p. 19). Choose Start from the Virtual Machine menu. Right-click the virtual machine in the sidebar (p. 19) and choose Start from the shortcut menu. Click Start in the Operations section of the virtual machine Summary tab. To stop a virtual machine, use the standard shut down procedure that is typical for its guest operating system. For example, you can click Start > Turn Off Computer > Turn Off to shut down a virtual machine running Windows XP. If you cannot shut down the guest OS from inside the virtual machine, use one of these ways: Click the Stop button in the toolbar. Choose Stop from the Virtual Machine menu. Right-click the virtual machine in the sidebar, and choose Stop from the shortcut menu. 36

37 Performing Main Operations in Parallels Management Console Pausing and Suspending a Virtual Machine If you do not want to spend much time on stopping your virtual machine, you can either pause or suspend it. Pausing a virtual machine can be useful if you need to instantly release resources the virtual machine uses. Suspending a virtual machine is convenient when you need to freeze and save the processes in the virtual machine for a long period of time. To pause a virtual machine, do one of the following: click the Pause button in the toolbar choose Pause from the Virtual Machine menu right-click the virtual machine in the sidebar and choose Pause from the shortcut menu click Pause in the Operations section of the virtual machine Summary tab To suspend a virtual machine, do one of the following: click the Suspend button in the toolbar choose Suspend from the Virtual Machine menu right-click the virtual machine icon in the sidebar and choose Suspend from the shortcut menu click Suspend in the Operations section of the virtual machine Summary tab To resume a suspended or paused virtual machine, do one of the following: click the Resume button in the toolbar choose Resume from the Virtual Machine menu right-click the virtual machine in the sidebar and choose Resume from the shortcut menu 37

38 Performing Main Operations in Parallels Management Console Switching View Modes Parallels Management Console provides several view modes to make your work with virtual machines easier and more efficient. Window. This is the default view mode. Using this mode, you can see the virtual machine screen in the Parallels Management Console window or in a detached console window. Full Screen. Using this mode, you can expand the virtual machine screen up to the size of your computer screen. Detached Console. Using this mode, you can view the virtual machine screen in a separate window. For switching between these modes, use the menu commands or toolbar buttons. Switching to the Full Screen mode You can run a guest operating system in the full screen mode when the guest OS window occupies the whole screen of your computer and the Parallels Management Console controls are hidden. To switch to the Full Screen mode, do one of the following: click the Full Screen button in the toolbar choose Full Screen from the View menu use the hot key combination (Ctrl+Alt+Enter by default) To exit the Full Screen mode and return to the Window mode, press the hot key combination that coincides with the key combination for switching to the Full Screen mode (Ctrl+Alt+Enter by default). Switching to the Detached Console mode If you have a number of virtual machines, you can run each of them in its own window by detaching their windows from the main window of Parallels Management Console. To detach the virtual machine window, do one of the following: click the Detach Console button in the toolbar choose Detach Console from the View menu To attach the virtual machine window back, do one of the following: close the detached window click the Attach Console button in the toolbar 38

39 Performing Main Operations in Parallels Management Console choose Attach Console from the View menu Locking the guest OS screen resolution The virtual machine screen resolution can be changed in the following situations: When you adjust the guest OS display settings. When you resize the virtual machine window (this feature works only when Parallels Tools are installed in your virtual machine). When you run an application that automatically changes the screen resolution of your guest OS. This behavior of the virtual machine window can be irritating. To freeze the virtual machine screen resolution, use the Lock Window option available from the View menu. When the Lock Window option is enabled, the virtual machine screen resolution can be changed by adjusting the guest OS display settings only. 39

40 Performing Main Operations in Parallels Management Console Cloning a Virtual Machine If you need to create an exact copy of a virtual machine or to back it up, you can use the Clone Virtual Machine wizard. Using this wizard, you can clone a virtual machine, its virtual hard disks, and configuration files. A cloned virtual machine has the same configuration as the original virtual machine. If a device in the original machine was connected to an external resource, this device in the cloned virtual machine will be connected to the same external resource. Notes: 1. If the original virtual machine has a printer or serial port connected to an output file, the virtual machine clone will have empty output files. 2. If a network adapter is enabled in the original configuration, a new MAC address will be generated for the virtual machine clone. To clone a virtual machine: 1 Make sure that the virtual machine you want to clone is not running. 2 Select the virtual machine in the Parallels Management Console sidebar. 3 Start the Clone Virtual Machine wizard by choosing Clone from the Virtual Machine menu. 4 In the Name and Location window, type the name of the virtual machine clone and specify the folder for storing its files. You can use the Choose button to locate the folder. By default, the files of the virtual machine clone will be placed to the following folder: on Mac OS X: /Users/Shared/Parallels/<Virtual_Machine_Name>/ on servers running Parallels Server Bare Metal: /var/parallels/<virtual_machine_name> on servers running Parallels Server for Mac Bare Metal Edition: /var/parallels/<virtual_machine_name> 40

41 Performing Main Operations in Parallels Management Console To make the Windows security identifier (SID) of the cloned virtual machine different from that of the initial virtual machine, select Change Windows SID. It will help you to avoid possible security problems. Click Clone to start cloning the virtual machine. 5 When the operation is complete, click Done in the Cloning Finished window. After a while, the cloned virtual machine appears in the Parallels Management Console sidebar (p. 19). 41

42 Performing Main Operations in Parallels Management Console Deleting a Virtual Machine When deciding on what to do with virtual machines that you do not need anymore, you can choose one of the following possibilities: Delete a virtual machine permanently, erasing its files from the Parallels server. Note: Make sure you transferred all the necessary data from the virtual machine before deleting it: this operation is irreversible. All the virtual machine data will be lost. Remove a virtual machine from the list displayed in the Parallels Management Console window, without removing the virtual machine files from the Parallels physical server. To delete a virtual machine or remove it form the list: 1 Make sure that the virtual machine is stopped. 2 Launch Parallels Management Console. 3 In the sidebar (p. 19), select the respective virtual machine. 4 Choose Remove from the File menu to start the Delete Virtual Machine wizard. 5 In the Delete Options window, select the operation you want to perform on the virtual machine. To delete the virtual machine from the Parallels server, select Delete, and click Next. To remove the virtual machine from the list, select Remove from list, and click Remove. 42

43 Performing Main Operations in Parallels Management Console 6 If you choose to delete the virtual machine, the Files Selection window appears. This window displays all the files that belong to the virtual machine. Choose the virtual machine files you want to delete, and click Delete. 7 Once the operation is complete, click Done to exit the wizard. Managing Virtual Machine Templates To create several virtual machines with a similar configuration, you can make a virtual machine template and use it as the basis for creating new virtual machines. You can use one of the following ways to create a virtual machine template: Convert an existing virtual machine into a virtual machine template. In this case, the virtual machine will be moved from the virtual machines list to the templates list once the conversion is complete. It means that the virtual machine will be available as a template only (that is, you will not be able to run it). Clone an existing virtual machine to a virtual machine template. By cloning a virtual machine, you make its exact copy and can use it to create virtual machines with the same configuration. 43

44 Performing Main Operations in Parallels Management Console Creating Templates To convert an existing virtual machine into a template: 1 Choose the virtual machine you want to convert by clicking its icon in the sidebar. 2 Choose Convert to Template from the Virtual Machine menu or right-click the virtual machine icon in the sidebar, and choose Convert to Template from the shortcut menu. Once the conversion is complete, the virtual machine is moved to the Templates folder in the sidebar. To clone a virtual machine to a template: 1 Launch Parallels Management Console. 2 In the sidebar, select the virtual machine you want to clone. 3 Choose Clone to Template from the Virtual Machine menu. 4 Specify the name and location for the virtual machine template, and click Clone. 44

45 Performing Main Operations in Parallels Management Console Deploying Templates The virtual machine template cannot be run as a virtual machine. To be able to run it as a virtual machine, you need first to create a virtual machine that will have the same configuration as the template does. There are two ways of creating a virtual machine from a template: convert the template to a virtual machine deploy the template to a new virtual machine If you convert a virtual machine template into a virtual machine, the template is moved from the Templates folder to the virtual machines list. If you deploy a virtual machine template to a virtual machine, the Deploy Virtual Machine Template wizard creates a new virtual machine, but the template is not removed from the Templates folder. To convert a virtual machine template into a virtual machine, select the template in the sidebar (p. 19) and choose Convert to Virtual Machine from the File menu. The virtual machine template will be moved from the Templates list to the virtual machines list. To deploy a virtual machine template to a new virtual machine: 1 In the sidebar (p. 19), select the virtual machine template you want to be deployed to a new virtual machine. 2 Choose Deploy to Virtual Machine from the File menu to start the Deploy Virtual Machine Template wizard. 3 Specify the name and location for the virtual machine, and click Deploy to start the deployment process. 4 In the Deployment Finished window, click Done to close the wizard. 45